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FLETC WRITTEN EXAM 4 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Tularemia - correct answer -Excruciating flu-like symptoms for
approx 2 weeks
Virus - correct answer -Submicroscopic organism
Reproduces inside living cells by using hosts DNA
Attempts to turn host into virus
Examples of Viruses - correct answer -Ebola
Smallpox
Hemorrhagic Fever
Avian Flu
Smallpox - correct answer -Preventable through vaccination
12-14 day incubation period
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High fever
Malaise
Prostration with headache and backache
Rash
Toxins - correct answer -Non living substances derived from living
organisms
Examples of Toxins - correct answer -Ricin
Botox
Nicotine
Shellfish Toxin
Venom
Ricin - correct answer -Type of toxin
Needs to be ingested or injected
If ingested: difficulty breathing, fever, cough, nausea
If injected: vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, hallucinations, and
seizures
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Radiological Weapon - correct answer -Any weapon designed to
release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human
life
3 Threats in the area of Radiological Terrorism - correct answer -
Use or threatened use of an Improvised Nuclear Device
Detonation or threatened detonation of a Radiological Dispersal
Device
Planting of a Radiological Exposure Device
Improvised Nuclear Device - correct answer -Weapon fabricated
by a terrorist group from illegally obtained fissile nuclear material
that would create a large explosive yield
Electromagnetic Pulse - correct answer -Burst of electromagnetic
radiation that produces massive current and voltage surges
resulting in catastrophic damage to electronic equipment
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Black Rain - correct answer -Radioactive fallout that comingles
with humidity in the air that results in radioactive contaminated
precipitation
Radiological Dispersal Device - correct answer -Weapon that
utilizes conventional explosives to disperse radioactive material
over a large area
Radiological Exposure Device - correct answer -Weapon that is
constructed from partially to fully unshielded radioactive material
that is hidden from sight in a public place and is intended to
expose people to significant doses of ionizing radiation without
their knowledge
Hasty Decontamination - correct answer -Techniques of quickly
removing as many contaminates as possible from an exposed
person utilizing whatever resources are available at the scene
Decontamination - correct answer -Removal of a hazardous
substance from an exposed person, equipment, and/or the
environment
FLETC WRITTEN EXAM 4 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Tularemia - correct answer -Excruciating flu-like symptoms for
approx 2 weeks
Virus - correct answer -Submicroscopic organism
Reproduces inside living cells by using hosts DNA
Attempts to turn host into virus
Examples of Viruses - correct answer -Ebola
Smallpox
Hemorrhagic Fever
Avian Flu
Smallpox - correct answer -Preventable through vaccination
12-14 day incubation period
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High fever
Malaise
Prostration with headache and backache
Rash
Toxins - correct answer -Non living substances derived from living
organisms
Examples of Toxins - correct answer -Ricin
Botox
Nicotine
Shellfish Toxin
Venom
Ricin - correct answer -Type of toxin
Needs to be ingested or injected
If ingested: difficulty breathing, fever, cough, nausea
If injected: vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, hallucinations, and
seizures
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Radiological Weapon - correct answer -Any weapon designed to
release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human
life
3 Threats in the area of Radiological Terrorism - correct answer -
Use or threatened use of an Improvised Nuclear Device
Detonation or threatened detonation of a Radiological Dispersal
Device
Planting of a Radiological Exposure Device
Improvised Nuclear Device - correct answer -Weapon fabricated
by a terrorist group from illegally obtained fissile nuclear material
that would create a large explosive yield
Electromagnetic Pulse - correct answer -Burst of electromagnetic
radiation that produces massive current and voltage surges
resulting in catastrophic damage to electronic equipment
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Black Rain - correct answer -Radioactive fallout that comingles
with humidity in the air that results in radioactive contaminated
precipitation
Radiological Dispersal Device - correct answer -Weapon that
utilizes conventional explosives to disperse radioactive material
over a large area
Radiological Exposure Device - correct answer -Weapon that is
constructed from partially to fully unshielded radioactive material
that is hidden from sight in a public place and is intended to
expose people to significant doses of ionizing radiation without
their knowledge
Hasty Decontamination - correct answer -Techniques of quickly
removing as many contaminates as possible from an exposed
person utilizing whatever resources are available at the scene
Decontamination - correct answer -Removal of a hazardous
substance from an exposed person, equipment, and/or the
environment
